When1: 1745
When2: 1748
Who: Julien Offray de La Mettrie [La Mettrie, Julien Offray de]
What: philosopher/surgeon
Where: France
works\ Natural History of the Soul [1745]; Man the Machine [1748]
Detail: He lived 1709 to 1751, was materialist, and was Boerhaave's student. Cells have intrinsic motion. Human and animal brains are similar.
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